IT might have an attractive name, but it is a nasty condition.

BehM- et's syndrome (pronounced bayshay's), otherwise known as the Silk Route Disease, is a rare rheumatic disease made up of a group of conditions with unpleasant symptoms - recurring mouth ulcers, genital ulcers and eye inflammation.

Medical research charity the Arthritis Research Campaign has now produced a new booklet for people with the condition..

JANICE SMITH, Arthritis Research Campaign, PO Box 177, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S41 7TQ.

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